Whose Team Is This Portrait Mystery in the North End
A Post photograph shows a driver and outfit with washed out lettering. The paper offers five dollars in gold to the driver who identifies the team within five days at the City Editor’s office. Past examples include Childs & Sleeper at 57 North Market, driver William H. Saunders, and horse named Bessie.
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North End
Post
The
Washington Street
Childs & Sleeper
North Market Street
William H. Saunders
Bessie
Follett & Corrigan New System Wet Wash Laundry
Hyde Park
Jank Corrigan
Dr William Osler Celebrates 20th Birthday Today
Pr. William Osler, noted physician who proposed chloroform for men at sixty, marks his 20th birthday yesterday with no signs of retirement.
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William Osler
Filene’s Announcements Offer High Class Fashion Finds
Announcements appearing daily in newspapers promise readers opportunities to purchase high class fashion at exceptionally reasonable prices. Filene's showcases fashionable apparel with access provided through these notices.
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Filene’s
Dress styles featured in early catalog listing
A truncated catalog snippet shows Tub Dresses with gingham coats and pique collar details, and Repp Dresses in coat style with a white square sailor collar and tie. Price noted as 5.00.
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Repp
Father John's Medicine Promoted for Lung Trouble Relief
An old advertisement touts Father John's Medicine as nourishing and strengthening for those with lung troubles. It claims no alcohol or dangerous drugs, presents itself as a doctor's prescription rather than a patent medicine, and notes 50 years in use.
Free Dances in Brookline Open to All
Brookline plans a series of free Monday night dances in the municipal gymnasium. J Leonard Mason, director of the gym and baths, organizes the event with pianist John Cusick providing music. The sessions run 8 to 10 30 pm, are open to the public at no charge, and are designed to keep citizens entertained during the summer heat.
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Brookline
J. Leonard Mason
Terpsichore
John Cusick
Mason
Chelsea Bridge Draw Malfunctions Delays Boston Commuters
Thousands of Boston & Northern riders were delayed as the Chelsea bridge draw fell out of alignment while a lighter passed. The sidewalk and roadbed sagged several feet, the draw deemed unsafe, and riders were rerouted via elevated tracks and Malden bridge, delaying arrivals to the subway by about an hour.
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Boston & Northern Road
Chelsea Bridge
Ellen
Chelsea
Boston
Sullivan Square
Malden Bridge
Subway
Intervention Granted to Owls in Massachusetts Nest Case
Michael S. Drew and other members of the Massachusetts Nest, Order of Owls, won court permission from Judge Richardson to intervene in Suffolk county proceedings tied to the nest. Their action follows the charter grant suspended for disloyalty and non payment of dues, and seeks possession of Nest property at suspension time.
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Michael S. Drew
Massachusetts Nest
Order of Owls
Richardson
Suffolk County
Drew
Pilgrims Sail From Boston for World Congress
A large religious delegation from twelve denominations departs Boston on the Devonian steamship bound for Berlin to attend the World's Congress of Free Christianity and Religious Progress, session Aug 6 to 10.
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Boston
Devonian
Leyland Line
Berlin
Congress of Free Christianity and Religious Progress
Europe
Liverpool
Eighty and love unite in Biddeford marriage
Marcus Watson aged 80 marries Elizabeth P. Smith aged 54 at his home on Pool Street in Biddeford. Watson, the state’s oldest printer with 63 years in the trade and three sons from his first wife in related fields, officiated by Rev. R. N. Joscelyn. The couple’s union follows decades of connection through family ties and shared history.
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Biddeford
Marcus Watson
Post
Elizabeth P. Smith
Mr. Watson
Willis L
Kennebunk Star
Clarence M
Bar Harbor
Frank L
The
New York Tribune
Among the Churches of Greater Boston
A compilation of church notes covers Dudley Street Baptist Church renovations, Rev. John E. Clough’s convalescence, a Christian Liberal steamship voyage to Europe for the World’s Congress of Free Christianity, the Conn Valley Chautauqua assembly at Northampton, and Sweden’s Rev. Waldenstrom visiting Campello. The Congregational Year Book 1910 reports 5991 churches, 121 new and 136 dropped, with Massachusetts leading New England in membership gains to 122,166 and an 11,623 increase nationwide.
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John E. Clough
Dof
Ongole
India
the Apostle
New England Hospital
Parker Hill
Asher Anderson
D. D
New England
Massachusetts
Mrs Young Supports Showing Jeffries Johnson Fight Pictures
Chicago July 13 Mrs Ella Flagg Young president of the N E A backs exhibition of the Jeffries Johnson fight pictures. She calls the anti exhibition cry hysterical and argues that promoting physical development and strong health in youth is beneficial. She says brutal depictions may be suppressed but two champions boxing should not be deemed degrading.
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Chicago
Ill
Ella Flagg Young
N. BE. A
Jeffries-Johnson
America
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Taft
The Genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna
The California Fig Syrup Co presents its Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a superior product made from pure plant medicinal principles and refined methods. It warns that only the genuine, produced by the company, yields true benefits and urges buyers to verify the full company name on the front of the package to avoid imitations.
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California Fig Syrup Co
California
Thirteen Promoted to Patrolmen by Police Commissioner
Police Commissioner Stephen O'Meara promoted thirteen reservemen to patrolman, on the 18th of the month. The promoted men and their station divisions include James Hanlon Div.1 John F. Sheehan Div.4 Robert T. Dales Div.5 Francis P. Cronin Michael Finnegan Div.9 George M. Kelley Div.10 Richard F. Warren George J. McNulty George H. Delaney Div.11 James Tahaney Div.12 Patrick Cullen Div.13 Ambrose S. Cosgrove Div.14 John J. Walsh Div.15
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Stephen O’meara
James Hanlon
John F. Sheehan
Robert T. Dales
Francis P. Cronin
Michael Finnegan
George M. Kelley
Richard F. Warren
George J. McNulty
George H. Delaney
James Tahaney
Patrick Cullen
Ambrose S. Cosgrove
John J. Walsh
Forbes Named Clerk of Eastern Middlesex Court at Cambridge
Governor Draper appointed William A. Forbes of Cambridge yesterday to be clerk of the Third District Court of Eastern Middlesex in Cambridge. He succeeds Emerson W. Law, who has retired from the post.
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William A. Forbes
Cambridge
Governor Draper
Middlesex
Emerson W. Law
No word from Consul Moffat in Bluefields
Washington July 13 The State Department sent a telegram to Consul Moffat after 36 hours without any report from Bluefields seeking an update on the Nicaraguan situation.
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Washington
Moffat
Bluefields
State Department
Gosport Church Fails to Hold Unitarians in Isles of Shoals
The Gosport Church on Star Island could not seat the hundreds of Unitarians and only a small portion attended the sunrise Star Island sessions. Principal meetings moved to the Oceanic Hotel as Rev. Sydney B. Snow of Concord led the morning talk on The Principles of Growth in Religion.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Little Gosport
Star Island
Isles of Shoals
Oceanic Hotel
Sydney B. Snow
Concord
Castine Afloat Coming to Hub Provincetown
The gun boat Castine, beached at Beach Point Cape Cod bay to prevent sinking after a Bonita torpedo strike, came off under its own steam with naval tug Iwana alongside. Castine anchored in Provincetown harbor, pumps keeping up water intake as bow sat lower than the stern.
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Provincetown
Beach Point
Cape Cod Bay
Iwana
Provincetown Harbor
James B. Delaney Holyoke Mayor Found Dead at Home
James B. Delaney three times Holyoke mayor was found dead in bed by his wife at 204 Chestnut Street. Death was due to apoplexy. The long time public figure led Holyoke civic life for years and passed away today.
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Holyoke
James B. Delaney
Chestnut Street
Extradition Request Fronts Porter Charlton Case
Washington receives formal extradition demand for Porter Charlton who is accused of murdering his wife at Lake Como Italy. A Rome to London dispatch moves toward Washington via the first fast mail as State Department weighs insanity safeguards and possible seven to eight day delivery.
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Washington
Porter Charlton
Lake Como
Italy
Rome
London
State Department
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John
Congress
Greater Boston
Charles A. Fulton
Dudley Street Baptist Church
Connecticut Valley Chautauqua Assembly
Northampton
P. P. Waldenstrom
Sweden
Campello Swedish Congregational Church
Mrs. Young
Ash
Honey Bunch
Speed Kid
Little Princess
Napoleon
Forbes
Consul Moffat
Castine
Hub
Delaney
Charlton
Washington St
Dimity
Foulard
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